Respiratory Disorders

Infectious Respiratory Disorders

• Acute Bronchitis

• Common Cold - Viral infection that affects the nose, throat, and airways, also called Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)

Influenza - Viral infection, spread airborne or contact, with high fever and aches, also called the Flu

• Seasonal Flu

• H5N1 Avian Flu

• H1N1 Swine Flu

Pneumonia - Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluids

• Bronchopneumonia

• Lobar Pneumonia

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• Nosocomial (Hospital-Acquired) Pneumonia

• Aspiration Scleroderma Pneumonia

Sinusitis - The cavities around the nasal passages become inflamed, also called Sinus Infection

• Noninfectious Sinusitis (Hayfever)

• Infectious Sinusitis

Tuberculosis - Highly infectious airborne disease, begins in the lungs and spreads to other parts of the body, also called TB

• Drug-Susceptible

• Multi-Drug Resistant

• Extensively Drug Resistant

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

• Chronic Bronchitis - Excessive secretion of bronchial mucus, accompanied by cough

• Emphysema

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Other Respiratory Disorders

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Laryngeal Cancer

• Pleurisy - Inflammation of the tissues that line the lungs and chest cavity

Asthma - Airways become inflamed, narrow and swell and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe

• Bronchial

• Exercise-Induced

• Silent

• Cough Variant

Lung Cancer

• Small Cell

• Non-Small Cell